GEOG 1325 — Natural Disasters
| Lecture Investigate the science of natural hazards -learn how and why natural hazards occur where they do. A range of topics will be addressed, including earthquakes, volcanic activity, wild fire, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunami, landslides, and drought. Patterns of natural hazard occurrence and their effect on human institutions is a cornerstone of this course. How government agencies, private business, interest groups plan for, mitigate and recover from such events is analyzed. Understanding the range of human responses (i.e. political, legal, social, economic, etc.) is explored in context of ethics and civic responsibility. MNTC Goal Area(s): 03, 09